I strongly remember my endo and diabetes team telling me horror stories about how I wasn’t allowed to drink, because if I did it would somehow lead to me not being in control of my diabetes management. Yes, it was a scare tactic used to “keep me in line,” but I wonder now that maybe it had the opposite effect and had some profound impact on shaping my views about drinking with diabetes when I was younger.
Volume: 12 fl. oz Calories: 151 Carbs: 13.8 g Alcohol: 13 g Alcohol by Volume: 5%
The answer is yes, as a person with diabetes I can drink alcohol. Like everyone else though, I need to drink responsibly. For me, as a person with diabetes, drinking responsibly has a few more elements: I never drink if my blood sugar is under 100, I don’t drink on an empty stomach, I don’t drink alone and I check my blood sugar frequently. If I choose to enjoy an alcoholic beverage, I’m usually in the company of my husband or my good friend, both of whom know how to check my blood sugar, identify strange behavior that might mean I’m low and what I need to treat a low blood sugar. It’s common sense for anyone to only drink around people who they trust.
Volume: 12 fl. oz Calories: 110 Carbs: 6.6 g Alcohol: 11.9 g Alcohol by Volume: 4.2%
Volume: 12 fl. oz Calories: 136 Carbs: 12 g Alcohol: 12.6 g Alcohol by Volume: 4.65%
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